Brightly Embroidered

Yay for the weekend!!! Nothing gets me more excited then a couple of lazy days to just do what I want to do.  Yesterday I went to Target, did some grocery shopping, cooked and baked a lot, took the dogs for a long walk, watched Robin Hood Men in Tights (Mel Brooks is my favorite) and spent time perusing the internets.  All in all, very productive:)  Today I plan on doing some laundry and refurbishing a mid-century lamp and shade. 

So I was out thrifting a few months ago and happened upon this spectacular vintage Mexican embroidered dress for a mere $1.50.  It was long and dowdy, much like the rest of them, but I found potential in making it something cute and fun for summer.  It'll only took me 3 months to remember to sew it!! (note the sarcasm since I totally forgot about this dress till I found it in the bottom of closet).  I really love it!!  The bright colors really pop against the white and the dress is made with the most breezy and comfortable fabric.  I threw it together with a red vintage tooled leather belt and these cute summer sandals.

Vintage Dress, Thrifted
Sunnies, UO
Sandals, Target

A Perfect Pair

At last!! I've found the perfect jeans of my life!!!  And oddly enough they're H&M jeans....which have never truly fit me.  So I've reached a milestone in my weight loss.  I judge my weight by clothes and when I put on a pair of H&M jeans and they actually fit over my thighs and button up, then I'm pretty sure I've lost some weight.  I've been on a steady diet (eating mostly vegan has helped a lot with this too) for over a year now trying to get to my healthiest weight, since over a year ago I started gaining weight in the unhealthy BMI area.  Anywho, I'm happy!!! 

And since these jeans are super duper flared I figured I'd go all 70s with my outfit.  I looked like a goon who just walked off the set of Dazed and Confused, but I didn't care.  I also thought I resembled Quinn from the show Daria.  And I'm not too proud to admit this.  People called my Quinn in high school.  Based on my looks, not my character.  I had blonder hair and wore clothes like that to school and may have been a bit of a scattered brained idiot at times.  Instead of blond moments my classmates called them "Emily Moments".  Hahaha...funny classmates. 

Flower Power Tank, 2nd hand

Jeans, H&M

Wedges, Friendly Fox Vintage

Vintage Necklace and Hat, Thrifted

Better Butter Battle

The other day I stared and stared into my closet actually thinking I had NOTHING to wear. I really hate that.  When my mind keeps trying to put the same things together all the time.  It's like I'm tapped out of creativity or something.  So I meandered through different blogs trying to find something that would inspire me and I finally figured out I could tie a button down shirt into a shrug thingy and call myself creative!! hahaha..well not so much since I didn't come up with this revelation all on my own, but you get the gist.  So there's the birth story of my outfit.

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On another note I guess I can tell you a little bit about Starla's antics this past week.  That dog is testing my patience.  Normally we don't keep butter in the house since we don't eat it, but I had family over for dinner and thought it'd be nice to give them something to put on their bread.  Fast forward to a day later; I had left the butter still on the dining table and Zach and I left for a couple of hours.  We came home to a sick dog full of a near stick of butter.  She puked on our bed twice, on the floor and well you can come up with the rest of the story.  It was terrible!!!  She went to the vet and got an anti nausea injection, antibiotics, and a bland diet regimen.  She is on the mend and starting to get back to her old self.  Please, if you have a dog who is able to jump on a dining room table make sure there is no butter up there.  We found out it could've been deadly and I wouldn't have been able to live with myself if anything worse had happened. (Interesting Fact---1 stick of butter to my Starla is equivalent to if I eat 12 sticks of butter.)

ETA: Photos are a tad blurry due to the rain, but I still liked them so I'm posting them:)

Blouse, Thrifted

Dress, Ross

Vintage Hat, Thrifted

Vintage Shoes, Thrifted

Togetherness

I've had a whirl wind of a week with family visiting from out of town and hanging out with friends.  It's nice to stay busy and be around people but Zach and I are homebodies and can get swept up in our habits of staying home, making dinner, and taking the dogs for walks and it's always nice to get back to a routine when you're plum exhausted from doing what people should do and socialize.

I'm positive that the highlight of the week was seeing my nephew Connor.  He is so adorable that I can hardly stand it!!  Even his pouty grumpy self is cute.  We all took him to the Children's Museum along with my good friend Diane and her daughter Puff and enjoyed some good ole fashioned childish antics.  They loved playing together so much and I was happy to witness the smooth transition of children making friends so easy.  Why can't adults do that?  Within minutes Puff and Connor were holding hangs and becoming instant buddies. 

On Sunday we all met up at our local Botanical Gardens to take Connor to the children's play place with water fountains galore.  I can't think of any reason why a kid wouldn't have fun there.  I think he spent about 2 hours running around and playing with kids all while getting soaked in 100 degree heat. And the heat would explain my minimalist outfit I have.  A jersey dress with opened toe flats and a side swept bun is how I roll when its nearing 100 degrees.

Dress, Blog Shop
Sunnies and Flats, UO
Bracelet, Flourish
Bag, Plarn it All 

Waking Up Sunshine Sunday

Since I'm up sooooo early I thought I'd do a little blog post for Sunday and share my outfit that I wore a week ago.  I've had this vintage 80s (inspired Edwardian) blouse for over a month now and originally I had plans to chop it short and make it a cropped top, but my nerves got the better of me I guess.  I just couldn't cut the fabric.  So instead I thought it would look cuter with the buttons on the back opened up for some summery flair.  It seemed less "risque" too, although I may just bite the bullet and do the alterations anyways.  And I threw on the black jeans to compensate for the ultra girliness of the blouse...but I was insane to do that since it was nearly 100 degrees that day. 

The necklace I'm wearing is from Clydes Rebirth and I swear to you her pieces are extraordinary.  If I had more spending money I'd be buying one of her pieces every season!!!  This one struck my fancy because of all the little trinkets hanging from it. 

Blouse, Thrifted

Jeans, Thrifted ---embarrassingly enough, their Miley Cyrus for Walmart jeans

Hat and Shoes, UO

Necklace, Clyde's Rebirth

Sunnies, Forever21

A Picture an Hour

I've been inspired by a few bloggers (mainly The Clothes Horse and Bleubird Vintage) to try out this photography challenge.  I tried to remember to capture special moments of my day that also appeared to be photogenic.  It's my first go around so I hope you enjoy all the little snippets of my Sunday at my parent's house. 

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Lovely Lemon Drop

This particular summer has seemed to be all about sun dresses for whatever reason.  Maybe it's the hot humid air, but trying to get dressed in the morning has proved to be quite a chore.  I just can't seem to stay in my room and try on 5 outfits in the morning to see what I like the best, so I just throw on a pretty dress and put my hair up.  I figured I'd keep it a little fresher on the blog by doing some DIYs or alterations to my clothes so as not to bore anyone;)

This particular dress was once white, but I decided on a whim to brighten it up with some dye and choose a vibrant yellow.  Yellow is such a fun color and thankfully this shade doesn't wash me out too bad.  Although, to be honest, I'm not the best at dying clothes.  There are some parts that are a bit splotchy, so I may try to dip dye the dress to hide some of its flaws.  Does anyone have any recommendations on how to get a more even dye job?  I used boiling water in my large steel sink hoping to alleviate that problem but it didn't work.

  

Dress, H&M

Flats, UO

Hat, Forever21

Necklace, Handmade 2nd Hand